New posters have come up on the JNU campus that describe Holi as an "anti-women" festival as "historically it has sexually abused dalit women in the name of celebrations". New posters have come up on the JNU campus that describe Holi as an "anti-women" festival as "historically it has sexually abused Dalit women in the name of celebrations". Titled "what is holy about Holi", the posters plastered on the walls of eateries, markets and schools on the campus are also doing the rounds of social media. Posters describing Holi as an "anti-women" festival were seen at the JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University) campus on Tuesday. According to newspaper reports, the posters were pasted on the walls of eateries, markets and schools on the campus and read "Why does Brahmanical Patriarchal India celebrate burning of Holika, an Asura Bahujan woman? The campus, which was recently rocked by a controversy triggered by an event last month to mark the death anniversary of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, has become the nerve centre of a debate on freedom of speech. New posters have come up on the JNU campus that describe Holi as an “anti-women” festival as “historically it has sexually abused Dalit women in the name of celebrations”. | Latest News India New posters have come up on the JNU campus that describe Holi as an "anti-women" festival as "historically it has sexually abused Dalit women in the name of celebrations". New posters have come up on the JNU campus that describe Holi as an "anti-women" festival as "historically it has sexually abused Dalit women in the name of New posters have come up on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus that describes Holi as an ‘anti-women festival’. Monday, July 22, 2024. English; Posters appeared in JNU campus calling Holi a festival that is originally anti-women has raked up another controversy in the University. Published: March 30, 2016 9:38 AM IST . The Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on Tuesday saw new posters put up describing Holi as an “anti-women” festival. Jan 29, 2025 - Download the Watercolor Holi festival poster template 35564683 royalty-free Vector from Vecteezy for your project and explore over a million other vectors, icons and clipart graphics! 2,930+ Free Holi Poster Templates Make your Holi celebrations more colorful with custom flyers, invitations, videos and social media graphics. Perfect for printing and sharing online! 2,720+ Free Holi Poster Templates Make your Holi celebrations more colorful with custom flyers, invitations, videos and social media graphics. Perfect for printing and sharing online! lot of research and writing a thesis from scratch . I am sure Kanhaiya does a lot of research. Flight to Hyderabad, talk shit,apologize, tweet 24x7,organize pro Afzal 'Culture' fe Historically, the festival has also sexually abused Dalit women in the name of celebrations,” the posters read. The text on the posters further read “celebration of Holi is against womanhood”. The posters carry the name of a group — Flames of Resistance. A JNU Students Union office bearer said she hasn’t heard of any such group. An unnamed group of students have come up with posters inside JNU, stating Holi festival is against women and is used to exploit them. JNU posters emerge which says Holi is against women - APN News English हिन्दी
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